Henrico County Public Schools Leadership Academy 2011-2012
School Year
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Baldrige Framework for Excellence
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Leadership is Key! Our Vision: Henrico County Public Schools
will be the PREMIER school division in the United States. Our
Mission: Henrico County Public Schools, an innovative leader in
educational excellence, will actively engage our students in
diverse learning experiences that inspire and empower them to
become contributing citizens.
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Leadership is Key! Our Goals: All students will graduate upon
completion of the Henrico County Public School curriculum that
exceeds state and national standards. All students will develop
life skills for individual success and total well- being. All
students will graduate prepared to be self-sustaining and
competitive as they pursue their personal aspirations. All students
will practice civic responsibility and good stewardship of
resources in their communities. All students will become
responsible and effective users of technology.
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Leadership How do leaders actions guide and sustain your
organization? How do leaders encourage high performance from the
workforce? How does the school division ensure leadership
development?
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School leaders What are the most important things you do as a
leader to sustain your school community?
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What Works in Schools Robert Marzanos Meta-analysis Research
(2003): A guaranteed and viable curriculum Challenging goals and
effective feedback Parent and community involvement Safe and
orderly environment Collegiality and professionalism
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The Effect of an Individual Teacher Study by S. Paul Wright,
Sandra Horn, and William Sanders ( 1997) the most important factor
effecting student learning is the teacher. In addition the results
show a wide variation in effectiveness among teachers.
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Saunders continued Wright, Horn, and Sanders continued: the
(study) finding is that seemingly more can be done to improve
student learning by improving teacher effectiveness than any other
single factor.
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Student Achievement Difference Affected by Teachers
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Affects of Ineffective Teaching Over Time
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School and Teacher Affects
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School leadership How do you ensure high performance of
teachers?
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Looking Back at the Research Student achievement will not
improve unless teaching improves Teachers working alone without
feedback will not be able to improve no matter how much
professional development they receive The challenge of Teacher
Evaluation is to create a system of continuous improvement of
instruction, professional development, and feedback Supervision
needs to be frequent and focused on the improvement of instruction
within a common language of Instruction
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Given the research How much of your time (percentage) should
you spend providing focused feedback to teachers on their
instruction through classroom observations?
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How much time? A. 10% B. 20% C. 30% D. 40% E. 50%
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Lets Do the Math (at 30 percent) Six hours of instructional
time each day Five days in the week Thirty possible hours of
instruction each week Thirty percent of the time devoted to
providing instructional feedback Nine hours per week devoted to
observations and feedback.
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More Math (at 30 percent) Nine hours per week to devote to
instructional feedback Three hours for each teacher observation
cycle- including observation, data review, post-conference, report
writing. Three full observation cycles per week.
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Lets Do the Math (at 20 percent) Six hours of instructional
time each day Five days in the week Thirty possible hours of
instruction each week Twenty percent of the time devoted to
providing instructional feedback Six hours per week devoted to
observations and feedback.
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More Math (at 20 percent) Six hours per week to devote to
instructional feedback Three hours for each teacher observation
cycle including observation, data review, post-conference, report
writing. Two full observation cycles per week.
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Expectations for 2011-2012 Each administrator is asked to do a
minimum of 39 observation cycles. That equates to about 10 percent
of your time devoted to instructional feedback to teachers through
observation.
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Making the Most of the Time Work to document the performance of
the least effective teachers to move them up or out. Support your
most effective teachers through the regular bi-annual professional
growth cycle.
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Making the Most of the Time The biggest impact: Spend your time
with the average mid-level teacher. Put them on observation cycles
annually Observe them more than the required two observations.
Focus on incremental growth in teaching skills using the PQRs as
the common language.
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Remember Jim Collins GOOD is the enemy of GREAT!!
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Pretty Good by Charles Osgood There was once a pretty good
student Who sat in a pretty good class And was taught by a pretty
good teacher Who always let pretty good pass. He wasnt terrific at
reading. He wasnt whiz-bang at math. But for him, education was
leading Straight down a pretty good path.
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Pretty Good by Charles Osgood He didnt find school too exciting
But he wanted to do pretty well. He did have some trouble with
writing Since nobody taught him to spell. When doing arithmetic
problems, Pretty good was regarded as fine. Five plus five neednt
always add up to 10. A pretty good answer was nine.
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Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good class that he sat
in Was part of a pretty good school. And the student was not the
exception. On the contrary, he was the rule. The pretty good school
that he went to Was there in a pretty good town. And nobody there
seemed to notice He could not tell a verb form a noun.
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Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good student in fact
was Part of a pretty good mob. And the first time he knew what he
lacked was When he looked for a pretty good job. It was then when
he sought a position, He discovered that life could be tough. And
he soon had a sneaking suspicion Pretty good might not be good
enough.
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Pretty Good by Charles Osgood The pretty good town in our story
Was part of a pretty good state Which had pretty good aspirations
And prayed for a pretty good fate. There once was a pretty good
nation Pretty proud of the greatness it had. Which learned much too
late, If you want to be great, Pretty good is in fact, pretty
bad.
